#Stem Cell Treatment

Source: Good News Network Michael J. Fox has just announced that his foundation is giving away over $240 million in grants for researching and treating Parkinson’s disease. The actor, who is best known for his roles in Back to the Future and Spin City, was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s

Source: Good News Network A new technique using patients’ own modified cells to treat Crohn’s disease has proven to be effective in experiments using human cells – and clinical trials of the treatment are expected to start within the next six months. Researchers developed the technique by

Source: Good News Network A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a “Trojan horse” to get inside tumor cells has shown promise in patients with advanced, drug-resistant cancers. Patients with six different cancer types, including those with cervical, bladder, ovarian and lung tumors, have

The quest for the fountain of youth is as ancient as humanity itself. Now, it appears scientists may have found the source. Using a process designed to “reprogram” normal adult cells into pluripotent stem cells—cells that can transform into many different kinds of cells—researchers have managed to